May and Family!

My blue eyed beauty!

Eli was not having it.

My attempt for getting a picture of all three kids.

Camping with the cousins.

Eli is such a little sports star.  He LOVES balls, Frisbee, etc.  He is also quite good!

Fist taste of a hamburger.  Not so good dad!

Liam at 8 months old.

Emma's preschool graduation and teacher, Mrs. Jodi!  We LOVED her!  Emma had a great year at pre-K!

A  little cousin love at the splash park in Houston!

April Happenings

Emma loved her Pre-K class last year!  Lots of fun memories and songs!

Celebrating Easter with the cousins.  Sure glad we are close to them!

These two boys are all boy.  They loved exploring on our nature walk!

Silly matching girls!

Eli turned 3 in April!  He is one Spiderman loving guy!  It was fun to to a special party for him.  The kids enjoyed pinning the pendant on "Super Eli" spraying villains will silly string and running around in capes and masks!

March in Pictures! Yes, 7 months ago!

Yes, March was 7 months ago but I like to document my pictures/memories in some kind of order so here ya go! We went to visit cousins in Houston and found a blue bonnet field!  After living here for 5 years I finally got blue bonnet pictures!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emma and her cousin adore each other!  These girls are so sweet and have so much fun when they get together!

Best blue bonnet family picture we could get.

Awful and awesome picture all at the same time.  Hey, my sister-in-law looks good!

Me and my sweet baby.

Emma loved to feed Liam.  Not quite sure what he though about it.

Liam at 6 months old.

Emma's beautiful dress that grandma sent.  Grandma always sends the most beautiful dresses!

Sea World Summer Trip

For months now the kids have been saving all our spare change in the "Sea World Jar" for our much anticipated trip to San Antonio and Sea World.  We stayed in downtown San Antonio at the official hotel of the Alamo for two nights.  We did Sea World one day and then explored San Antonio including the Alamo, River Walk, and the famous Man vs. Food 3 lb. cinnamon roll.  We then traveled to West of Austin and stayed at the Lakeway resort for a night where we enjoyed lots of swimming! It was a lot of fun but boy is vacationing with little kids a lot of work!

In front of the Alamo

The River Walk

These kids loved the little kiddie rides!

I love Emma's face in this picture!  It screams pure joy.

This is the family waiting for the 4D movie to start.  It was about a little boy who played tricks on pirates he was trying to scare away.  The bees and huge spider were a little too realistic for my kids and all three of them were screaming hysterically.  I had to take two of them out because it was too much.  I think we will go to the Sesame Street 4D movie next time.

The shark tank was awesome! They also had a dolphin open tank where you could feed the dolphins.  This was probably one of my favorite things about Sea World.  It was neat to see them so close up!

Dad is still a kid at heart.

The kids and Luke riding Journey to Atlantis.

This was the only "big" ride that Eli was tall enough to go on.  He loved it until it started to go down and he cried the entire way down, and then some.  Lesson learned,  don't let your three year old go on this ride, even if they are tall enough!  I am surprised Emma didn't have the same reaction but she loved it!

Since we were in San Antonio we had to try out the famous Man vs. Food 3lb. cinnamon roll!  It was huge and delicious!

While the kids were watching movies on our drive, Luke and I decided to see who could take the best profile picture.  He then secretly posted it on facebook.  Because it was the little things like this that made our vacation so much fun I had to share.  He conceded and gave me the award.  What a sweet husband! 

Update on the Kids

Emma is a fun as ever and is learning how to read and loving school!  The teachers at school call her Fancy Nancy because she has such a large vocabulary.  Her teacher asks the kids what certain words mean thinking no one know and she says Emma always knows what the words mean.  She is such a free spirit and is always running, jumping, and crafting.

 This little guy will be 3 in April!  Seems crazy.  He is really growing up and turning into a big boy!  He LOVES to help me cook and has to be in the kitchen with me at all times. 

This picture cracks me up.  Eli in his Spiderman costume, which he has worn 95% of everyday since Halloween, Emma's very girly apron, and his green monster boots (not pictured).

 Liam is such a happy baby!  He is 5 months old now and just giggles and laughs all the time.  We recently got out he "jungle jumparoo"  and he loves it!  He is just like Emma and jumps and jumps and jumps!

The boys and I have lots of fun while Emma is at school!

Photoshoot for Grandma!

Photoshoot for Grandma!

Ice Skating!

We took the kids ice skating a couple weeks ago and they loved it!  As you can see from the pictures taking an almost 3 and 5 year old ice skating for the first time is not easy.  Luke and I skated them around most of the time but they did get it, a little bit.  The ice skating area was pretty busy but I was just glad that there was no one there we knew.  The kids, Luke, and I were having a ball but I know we looked completely ridiculous!  Ice skating has always been such a dream of Emma's.  For a long time she said she wanted to be an ice skater when she grew up.  In her prayers that night she prayed that we could go ice skating again really soon. 

This is when we first stepped on the ice.  The kids could not stay up!